MARCO DEV. CORP. v. CITY OF CEDAR FALLS

No. 90-815.

473 N.W.2d 41 (1991)

MARCO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. CITY OF CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Tripp and Robert A. Sims of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, Des Moines, for appellant.

Ivan T. Webber and Steven K. Gaer of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C., Des Moines, and Judd E. Truax, Cedar Falls, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

In 1979, Marco Development Corporation and the City of Cedar Falls signed an "Agreement for Site Plan Approval" which, Marco claims, obligated the City to widen a street adjacent to Marco's proposed Thunder Ridge Mall. After the execution of the contract, the City elected a new mayor. The City's participation in the Thunder Ridge Mall project, which had been an issue in the mayoral campaign, was terminated. Marco sued the City for breach of contract...

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